"Between 04.30 - 0600 hours, the assault landing crafts were lowered from the Empire Battleaxe and HMS Battleaxe, just after 0600 the seven mile journey to the beaches began .
At 07.25 the East Yorkshire Regiment landed on Queen Red beach, where heavy mortar, machine gun and Artillery fire was encountered. A and B companies supported by tanks were to break through the beach obstacles, A coy along with C coy of the 1st South Lancs attacked strong point cod, B coy moved inland to assault strong point sole, with C coy in support.
The next objective was the Daimler battery (D and C coys).
Both strong points cod and sole were out of action by 10.00am and Daimler was out of action by 18.00 hrs (70 prisoners)
The East Yorks were relieved by the KOSB, and spent the night in a cornfield near to Hermanville.
By the end of D Day, the East Yorks had lost 5 officers and 60 men killed - the wounded numbered 137."
On this 69th anniversary of D-Day, please spare a few moments to remember the fallen, the fallen officers and men of our regiment, and those lucky men who made it.
Always remembered, never forgotten.
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